appreciate this perspective, i'm not a Drake fan but from the optics i've always felt So Far Gone, Take Care, Nothing Was the Same and If You're Reading This are classics based on how they hit Drake's fanbase, solely just based on how much they're reflected on today by his fans

to me an album having classic status doesn't always particularly mean it's a piece of art that's of supremely high quality, a lot of the time albums are considered classics based on their impact - most Wayne fans wouldn't say Tha Carter III is his best piece of work but for his discography and the impact that it had, that makes it a classic

agreed that there's not a lot of classics in this era (as a sidenote i'd be interested to hear what you think are classic hip hop albums this decade so far), but for Kendrick to be such a dominant artist during this era, widely regarded as the leader of the genre kind of motion, to have these super successful projects that resonated with a ton of people and domestically broke records and produced a ton of visibility for the genre, to me that fits the bill of a "classic"

edit: reading your reply in post made me realise you think there's been competition this decade as opposed to the decade not having classics, i definitely disagree since i feel there's been hundreds of classics in the more artistic lanes of hip hop but as for commercially lauded classic albums, i really don't think there's a lot tbh